Birthday

I've never really had a strong desire to blog. Maybe thats because of the name "blog". Where did that name come from? It sounds like a fungus, or an amoeba, or something left inside a kleenex after you blow your nose. I've never really had a strong desire to blog. Until recently.
Honestly and simply, life is a game. You win some, you lose some, and eventually you die. Lately, I've been wondering if there is anything in between: between the losing, between the winning, and before the dying. I'm speaking about the little things like happiness, joy, self-gratitude, compassion, tolerance, and true love. Surely those things exist in a person's life. The question is but where to find them? And where to find them in their truest form?
As children, we are sent to teachers to answer our questions. Teachers put things into perspective, they make sense of the nonsense, and they leave behind a mark of wisdom on everything they touch. What better way to explore the "in between" of life than to ask a teacher? A teacher whose already trampled across the battlefield, pulled their sword, and won a thousand wars. (This is where the "old people" come into play.)
The purpose of this blog (and all blogs within this blog hereafter) is to disect the "in between" of  life by disecting the minds of old people. These people have seen it all, more than likely done it all, and many of them are waiting on the opportunity to talk about it; talk about their experiences with someone who will truely listen, and take their stories to heart. They have loved and lost, cried and hurt, and survived sickness and curiosity.
People spend so much time searching for the answers; the secrets to the universe, the secrets to happiness, the secrets to true love, self-content, peace, and wisdom. But, I believe the truth is, these answers are sitting very close to us: in the car in front of you driving ten miles per hour below the speed limit, in the corner booth of the cafe, sipping black coffee and reading the paper. Answers come with experience, who has better experience than old people?